The Osceola times., 1887-08-27
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

days since.
The Governor has pardoned Amanda
Davis, convicted at the August, ls'a, term
of the Saline Circuit Court Of infanticide
and sentenced to three years. imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
Polk Fancher. Of Berryville, has been
appointed special agent to examine into
claims arising from Indian depredations .
J. f. Marsh, OF Little Rock, and wife
were ON the train in Arizona recently
/ robbed. They were in the sleeper and
had in their possession the small sum of
5000. hut il was not disturbed iuasmuch
as the robbers only sousht doodle" in tn.
express safes. Several shots were fired
aud one hall passed through the berth
Just over the heads Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh.
Several Michigan mill men are coming
to Arkansas with view Of buying large
bodies Of pine lands. II they secure the
lands they desire they will al once put up
several large lumber mills. There is plenty
of room for mills, and every one erected
adds to the material wealth of the State.
In saw-m;ls gold is always found in pay
ing quantities.
Woodruff County is claiming the best
cotton crop made in ten years.
Calhoun County claims TO have the
finest pine timber 10 be found in the State.
A post-ofice has been established at
Hamlet, Faulker County, Joseph Roden,
postmaster.
The fruit sent in to the Exposition at
Little Rock is not preserved in alcohol,
but in liquid composition, in which there
is an entire absence Of alcohol.
ID. F. Rose, of Eagle township, Pulaski
County, recently took in his first bale Of
] -. .,ft tl,aa ,.f EY.a
ham that tlls the oil.
Governor Hughes has offered a reward
Of 81 90 each for the arrest Of Robert Ennis
and benjamin Tptes, charged with the
murder Of Theresa Baker and an assault
upon another woman in Sharp County.
stalk of broom corn was recently
shown in Little Rock which measured
thirty-five inches from where the brush
commenced. 1t was grown by colored
man and was worked but once during the
season.
The following post-oflices have been dis
continued: Bagdad, Baxter County, mail
to Mountain Home; Blackburn, Washing
ton County, mail to Pitkin; Point Peter,
Searcy County, mail to Calf Creek.
Eugene STANDBY has been pardoned by
the Governor after spending eight months
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sentenced from Sebastian County. Judge
Little, who tried him, recommended his
pardon because of his age, being only
seventeen, and the good character he sus-
tanned before the act.
After careful consideration it has been
decided to have Arkansas represented in
the Kansas City (Mo.l Exposition. About
two car loads of her fruits, grains, grasses,
| ip,l nd min ls ui1l la ,,1anaI
on exhibition and every effort made to
bring her resources fairly before the public.
The acorn crop in Cleveland County is
immense, and the hog crop nearly equal to
the task of eating all the acorns.
There is fine display of oars in the
Little Rock Exposition. They are from the
Wells factory, at De Wallis Bluff, which
has filed large orders for oars for the
French and English navies.
Only four Mexican veterans in Arkansas
County have yet applied for pensions.
Three of them, DR.. S. NJ. Allen, W. II. Hos.
kins and Calvin Holloway, were members
of JEFF. Davis famous Mississippi regi-
ment. The other, John Stark, was with
the Missourians.
A company with $4,000 capital stock
has been organized at Fort Smith TO bore
for natural gas and oil, which. il is sup
posed, can be found there. The stock
holders are among the leading business
men of the city. The officers elected are
Harry f. Kelly, presidents J. Henry Car
| nall. vice. president: Talbot Stillman, Sec
retary, and George T. Sparks, treasurer.
The Governor recently pardoned George
Moneman, convicted at the August term of
the Calhoun Circuit Court for grand lar
ceny. II was a case where mere boy by
undue influence was led to the commission
of the act unwittingly, and being of good
character and only technically guilty, the
judge, prosecuting attorney and many
good citizens of Calhoun County urged his
pardon.
Captain Thos. ". Walker, chief of the
locating survey of the Southern branch OF
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
railway, has moved his camp three miles
south of Little Rock and is making his
way slowly but surely 10 Gurdon. II is
learned from him that, unless he gets as
sistance, il will require twenty months
hard work to complete the survey.
Mr.. Will Fatherly, of Little Rock, who
has been serving a probationary appoint
ment in the Treasury Department at
Washington, passed the critical point re-
Gently, and received his commission with
the highly complimentary remark from
the chief of his division: .'You have been
prompt and dilgent at your desk and
lave mastered the duties and require
ments of your office as quickly an intelli.
gently as any one ever knew"
A curious explanation is given of the
death OF Ben Smith in the southwestern
part of Benton County. The Smiths made
a practice of killing fish in the Illinois
river with giant powder. Two sticks OF
the powder had been thrown into "a deer
hole and after the explosion n large fish
came TO the surface stunned. Young
Smith leaped into the river TO catch the
fish As he struck the water he uttered a
wild shrek and sank to the bottom, dead
His body was at once recovered, and his
limbs were found rigid in exactly the same
position as when he made the plunge, and
the flesh along the spinal column was
backened. IL seems that the water v as
heavily charged with electricity by the ex
plosion, and that Smith was killed by a
violent electric shock the instant he
touched the water.
While the Sheriff of SEWER County was
attempting TO arrest Jesse Harwood few
days ago on the charge of murder he was
resisted by several Of the murderer's
friends, who began shooting. The sheriff
retired to get help, and soon returned with
half dozen friends. A sharp melee en-
sued, in which two men were dangerously
wounded. Harwood was captured and
lodged in Jail.
The President will not visit Little Rock
The water-works at Texarkana are near.
ly completed. About four miles of pipes
have already been laid. The material and